ITALIAN SOMALILAND

ITALIAN SOMALILAND / SOMALIA ITALIANA.

International Colonial Art Exhibition, Naples.
Jubba River.
Airmail ninth stamp in a set of 12, issued on 09.10.1934.
Face value: 75 cents of Italian lira,
Design: Giuseppe Rondini (1886-1995).
Printing: Photogravure.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 205.
- Scott No. C3.
- StampWorld No. 207.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 195.
- Unificato A3.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 3.

Italian Somaliland (Italian: Somalia italiana; Arabic: الصومال الإيطالي‎; Somali: Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaalida), was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia. Ruled in the 19th century by the Somali Sultanates of Hobyo and Majeerteen in the north, and Hiraab Imamate and Geledi in the south, the territory was acquired in the 1880s by Italy through various treaties. In 1936, the region was integrated into Italian East Africa as the Somalia Governorate. This would last until Italy's loss of the region in 1941, during the East African campaign of World War II. Italian Somalia then came under British military administration until 1950, when it became a United Nations trusteeship under Italian administration. On July 1, 1960, the Trust Territory of Somaliland united with the former British Somaliland protectorate to form the Somali Republic.

The Jubba or Juba (Somali: Wabiga Jubba; Italian: Giuba) is a river in southern Somalia which flows through the autonomous region of Jubaland. It begins at the border with Ethiopia, where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Indian Ocean, where it empties near Goob Weyn. Its length is 875 km (544 mi). The Jubba basin covers an area of 749,000 km² (289,000 sq mi). Jubba has always been an important route of penetration towards Ethiopia: it was the subject of numerous explorations, in particular by Vittorio Bottego in 1892.

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ITALIAN EAST AFRICA

ITALIAN EAST AFRICA / AFRICA ORIENTALE ITALIANA
(now Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia).

First Triennial Overseas Exhibition, Naples.
Shebelle River.
Fouth stamp in a set of 7, issued on 11.05.1940.
Face value: 50 cents of Italian lire.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 50,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 47.
- Sassone No. 30.
- Scott No. 30.
- StampWorld No. 47.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 47.
- Unificato No. 30.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 32.

Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa. It was formed in 1936 through the merger of Italian Somalia, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire, conquered in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The colony was divided into six governorates. During the Second World War, Italian East Africa was occupied by a British-led force including colonial units and Ethiopian guerrillas in November 1941. After the war, Italian Somalia and Eritrea came under British administration, while Ethiopia regained its independence.

The Shebelle River (Somali: Webi Shabeelle, Arabic: نهر شبيلي, Amharic: እደላ, Italian: Uebi Scebeli), about 2,050 km (1,275 mi) long, 1,150 in Ethiopia and 900 in Somalia, begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest because of the coastal dunes, and it follows the coast. South, the river becomes seasonal; during most years, the river dries up near the mouth of the Jubba River, while in seasons of heavy rainfall, the river actually reaches the Jubba and thus the Indian Ocean.

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ITALIAN SOMALILAND

ITALIAN SOMALILAND / SOMALIA ITALIANA.

Airmail definitive stamp.
Shebelle River.
Fifth stamp in a set of 10, issued on 24.03.1950.
Face value: 90 Italian Somaliland centesimi.
Design: G. Salvini.
Printed by I.P.F., Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte-Valori, Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 593,368 copies.
Size: 40 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 259.
- Sassone No. A5.
- Scott No. C21.
- StampWorld No. 249.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 248.
- Unificato No. A5.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 34.

Italian Somaliland (Italian: Somalia italiana; Arabic: الصومال الإيطالي‎; Somali: Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaalida), was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia. Ruled in the 19th century by the Somali Sultanates of Hobyo and Majeerteen in the north, and Hiraab Imamate and Geledi in the south, the territory was acquired in the 1880s by Italy through various treaties. In 1936, the region was integrated into Italian East Africa as the Somalia Governorate. This would last until Italy's loss of the region in 1941, during the East African campaign of World War II. Italian Somalia then came under British military administration until 1950, when it became a United Nations trusteeship under Italian administration. On July 1, 1960, the Trust Territory of Somaliland united with the former British Somaliland protectorate to form the Somali Republic.

The Shebelle River (Somali: Webi Shabeelle, Arabic: نهر شبيلي, Amharic: እደላ, Italian: Uebi Scebeli), about 2,050 km (1,275 mi) long, 1,150 in Ethiopia and 900 in Somalia, begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest because of the coastal dunes, and it follows the coast. South, the river becomes seasonal; during most years, the river dries up near the mouth of the Jubba River, while in seasons of heavy rainfall, the river actually reaches the Jubba and thus the Indian Ocean.

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OLTRE GIUBA

OLTRE GIUBA / شرق جوبا الإيطالية (Italian colony, now in Somalia).

Map of the colony's territory.
Fourth stamp in a set of 7, issued on 21.04.1926.
Face value: 40 cents of Italian lira.
Printing: Typography.
Print: 250,000 copies.
Size: 24 x 40 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 26.
- Sassone No. 32.
- Scott No. 32.
- StampWorld No.31.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 57.
- Unificato No. 35.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 32.

Oltre Giuba or Trans-Juba (in Arabic, شرق جوبا الإيطالية) was an Italian colony in the territory of Jubaland, in present-day southern Somalia. It lasted from July 16, 1924 until December 31, 1925, when it was absorbed into Italian Somaliland (Somalia Italiana). The colony's territory, about 87,000 km² (33,000 sq mi), was ceded to Italy by Great Britain as a reward for the Italians who joined the Allies in World War I (the British retained, however, control of the southern half of the divided territory of Jubaland, later called the Northern FrontierDistrict, in Kenya). In 1926, the population of the territory was about 120,000 inhabitants. In the capital, Kismayo (in Italian, Chisimaio), on the shores of the Indian Ocean, there was a small group of Italian settlers, mostly merchants. During this period, the city was the third largest in Somalia and served as a port of call for small military ships. Italy issued its first postage stamps for the new colony on July 29, 1925: they were overprinted Italian stamps OLTRE GIUBA.

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SOMALIA

SOMALIA / SOOMAALIYA - الصومال. 

Pan-African Telecommunication Circuit.
Simplified map of African continent.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 25.07.1971.
Face value: 2.50 Somali shilling.
Printing: Photogravure.
Printed by Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Roma.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 175.
- Scott No. 373.
- StampWorld No. 175.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 528.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 133.

The Pan African Telecommunications Network (PANAFTEL) was established by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In 1968, a team of experts recruited by the ITU, based in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), carried out a preliminary pre-investment survey in the countries of North and East Africa. In 1969, a second team, based in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), began similar work in West and Central Africa. The result of these works was a first telecommunications circuit between different countries, launched in 1971 through a network of cables and satellite dishes. This first attempt evolved in the following years and led to the creation, in 1999, of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) by 40 member states and 19 associated companies.